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8 papers
Embedding the Pentagon
T. Banks, S. Echols, J. L. Jones
The Pentagon Model is an explicit supersymmetric extension of the Standard Model, which involves a new strongly-interacting SU(5) gauge theory at TeV-scale energies. We show that t…
Massive IIA flux compactifications and U-dualities
T. Banks, K. van den Broek
We attempt to find a rigorous formulation for the massive type IIA orientifold compactifications of string theory introduced in hep-th/0505160. An approximate double T-duality conv…
Supersymmetry, Axions and Cosmology
T. Banks, M. Dine, M. Graesser
Various authors have noted that in particular models, the upper bound on the axion decay constant may not hold. We point out that within supersymmetry, this is a generic issue. For…
Time-Varying alpha and Particle Physics
T. Banks, M. Dine, M. R. Douglas
We argue that models in which an observable variation of the fine structure constant is explained by motion of a cosmic scalar field, are not stable under renormalization, and requ…
Matrix Theory
Tom Banks
This is an expanded version of talks given by the author at the Trieste Spring School on Supergravity and Superstrings in April of 1997 and at the accompanying workshop. The manusc…
The State of Matrix Theory
Tom Banks
This is a brief description of what has been accomplished and what remains to be done in the construction of a nonperturbative formulation of "The Theory Formerly Known as String".…